Award-Winning Care
2021 Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award Recipient Kirby Medical Center was named a 2021 Guardian of Excellence Award® winner for Ambulatory Surgery by Press Ganey, the national leader in healthcare consumer and workforce engagement. Press Ganey recognizes Kirby as a top-performing healthcare organization achieving the 95th percentile or above for performance in patient experience. The Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award is a preeminent, competitive achievement for leading healthcare organizations. Presented annually, the award recognizes hospitals and health systems that consistently sustained performance in the top 5% of all Press Ganey clients.
Celebrating Sustained Excellence in Employee Engagement Kirby Medical Center is proud to be a winner of the 2021 Pinnacle of Excellence Award® for Employee Engagement. Kirby is only one of three hospitals in the country, with fewer than 2,500 employees, awarded the prestigious Pinnacle of Excellence honor by Press Ganey. Press Ganey recognizes Kirby as a top-performing healthcare organization by annually achieving the 95th percentile or higher in employee engagement.
Excellence in Quality Care Last November, the Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network (ICAHN) recognized Kirby Medical Center for its ongoing commitment to exceptional quality of care. As part of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Program (MBQIP), Kirby Medical Center and other critical access hospitals were asked to voluntarily participate in four defined domains of quality outcomes. These four domains include: Patient Safety/Inpatient, Patient Engagement, Care Transitions and Outpatient Measures. Kirby Medical Center was recognized for being in the top 10% of all critical access hospitals in the country for exceptional outpatient quality of care as well as exceptional care transitions for all emergency department transfer patients.
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